diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.cpp
index fda8682272a..8a98a49a966 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.cpp
@@ -447,10 +447,9 @@ void BlackBerryConfigurationManager::saveSettings()
 
 BlackBerryConfigurationManager &BlackBerryConfigurationManager::instance()
 {
-    if (m_instance == 0)
-        m_instance = new BlackBerryConfigurationManager();
+    static BlackBerryConfigurationManager instance;
 
-    return *m_instance;
+    return instance;
 }
 
 BlackBerryConfigurationManager::~BlackBerryConfigurationManager()
@@ -483,7 +482,5 @@ QString BlackBerryConfigurationManager::defaultDebugTokenPath() const
     return QnxUtils::dataDirPath() + QLatin1String("/debugtoken.bar");
 }
 
-BlackBerryConfigurationManager* BlackBerryConfigurationManager::m_instance = 0;
-
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace Qnx
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.h b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.h
index 813aa900aef..1b9effa07cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberryconfigurationmanager.h
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ signals:
 
 private:
     BlackBerryConfigurationManager(QObject *parent = 0);
-    static BlackBerryConfigurationManager *m_instance;
     QList<BlackBerryConfiguration*> m_configs;
     BlackBerryConfiguration *m_defaultApiLevel;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxplugin.cpp
index 8cffb77c185..8d0297d0116 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxplugin.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ QNXPlugin::QNXPlugin()
 QNXPlugin::~QNXPlugin()
 {
     delete BlackBerryDeviceConnectionManager::instance();
-    delete &BlackBerryConfigurationManager::instance();
 }
 
 bool QNXPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorString)